Nicole Dixon

“The Shape of Blackness” was a virtual art exhibition and related programming that highlighted expressions of contemporary Blackness as envisioned by South African and U.S. artists. In choosing these two nations, the exhibit sought perspectives from the global north and south, Black majority and Black minority nations. SHAPE was inspired by the Rorschact inkblot, which even in its most mundane form, is a useful framing device for a group show. It conveys both symmetry and individual interpretation of an entire picture: “when you look at contemporary Blackness, what do you see?”